Smartest Man in the World

Posted By: George, Lake Lavon
Date: 1/3/07 8:15a.m.

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In Response To: Part I: Anchoring . . . . . (Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida)

I should read further before I speak. After reading your first couple of sentences and looking at your first couple of photos, I was about to say, "Yes, dumbass, you can let the anchor GO from the cockpit, but you STILL have to go up on the frightfully heaving bow to retrieve the anchor when it is time to go home!!" Then, I saw the photo that reveals your true genious: that line with that block on the end. Sacre bleu! Mon dieu! You are truly a man wise beyond his years. [And we're talking ALOT of YEARS, folks!!] So, for 2007, to you, Charles Brennan, I am awarding the title of "Smartest Man in the World." [Note: this title has been awarded to various title-holders, who, unfortunately, turned out to be "flashes in the pan."]

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An Overdue Promise: Anchoring with an Anchor Ball (Warning: Lotsa Pics) . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/1/07 7:03p.m.

Part I: Anchoring . . . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/1/07 7:04p.m.

Top notch tecnique CB about the same as I do -- Norm, MAC 22 KRUSE'N, MD -- 1/1/07 7:52p.m.

That is really cool CB. Did you have the split -- George in Georgia, C22, "Diamond Sail" -- 1/1/07 9:28p.m.

Oops!! This question belongs under Part II -- George in Georgia, C22, "Diamond Sail" -- 1/1/07 9:31p.m.

The whole thing is sold as a kit. -- Craig LaForce -- 1/2/07 4:04a.m.

link to the ring -- Craig LaForce -- 1/2/07 4:13a.m.

The kit -- Craig LaForce -- 1/2/07 4:16a.m.

The bridle -- Jeff G. US 21 Bourbonator, Indiana -- 1/2/07 5:25a.m.

 Smartest Man in the World  -- George, Lake Lavon -- 1/3/07 8:15a.m.

Ah! If only you've read the stories of his blunders! -- Doug, P-18.2 Lk Norman, NC -- 1/3/07 10:47a.m.

Part II: Deploying the anchor ball and retrieving the anchor . . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/1/07 7:05p.m.

Fabulous! and a question -- Frank Ladd Hunter 23.5 North Carolina -- 1/1/07 9:18p.m.

Okay that is cool! I'll like to try that! -- Dougcan, YS24 "Twilight" Puget Sound & Lk Washington -- 1/2/07 3:37a.m.

Different places, but watch what you buy . . . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/2/07 5:42a.m.

The ball. -- APR, WWP19, S. Florida -- 1/2/07 5:58a.m.

Yes the anchor balls are inflatable . . . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/2/07 9:40a.m.

Foot pump for inflatable boats? -- Brian, Precision 23, Lake Lanier, GA -- 1/2/07 10:11a.m.

I have a few different options for inflation. -- APR, WWP19, S. Florida -- 1/2/07 11:25a.m.

Thanks for the instruction! -- jerryTN, South Coast 23, "Vintage ll", Watts Bar Lake -- 1/2/07 6:42a.m.

Most fishermen hereabout use the system you suggest but.... -- Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff. -- 1/2/07 7:50a.m.

True enough, however . . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/2/07 9:31a.m.

I make no confusion. I offer up observation that we are human..... -- Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff. -- 1/2/07 9:46a.m.

Amen. -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/2/07 10:18a.m.